Surfactant protein D (SP-D) is a multimeric collectin that is involved in innate immune
defense and expressed in pulmonary, as well as non-pulmonary, epithelia. SP-D exerts …

Background Air pollution is hypothesized to be a risk factor for diabetes. Epidemiological
evidence is inconsistent and has not been systematically evaluated. Objectives We …

Comorbidities impact a large proportion of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD), with over 80% of patients with COPD estimated to have at least one …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major incurable global health burden
and is currently the 4th largest cause of death in the world. Importantly, much of the disease …

The objective of this systematic review was to discuss our current understanding of the
complex relationship between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and type-2 …

BACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus is a systemic disorder associated with inflammation and
oxidative stress which may target many organs such as the kidney, retina, and the vascular …

The Genetic Epidemiology of COPD (COPDGene) study is a noninterventional, multicenter,
longitudinal analysis of> 10,000 subjects, including smokers with a≥ 10 pack-year history …

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic, progressive, incompletely understood metabolic disorder
whose prevalence has been increasing steadily worldwide. Even though little attention has …

Patients with diabetes are over-represented among the total cases reported with “idiopathic”
pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). This raises the question, whether this is an association only or …

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of death and disability in India. The
CVD epidemic in Indians is characterized by a higher relative risk burden, an earlier age of …